I've heard that hanko is the physical wooden stamp thing and inkan is the actual stamp it makes on the paper. But also that it's used both ways nowadays...

Yabai can mean "amazing" or "cool" or it can mean "scary" and if you're in a bad situation, it can mean "crap!" or "oh no!" It's super us...

Abbreviation for wara which means to laugh which is basically our lol. You've probably seen （笑）. That's the kanji for wara

I only know what we got as students but they told us we have to fulfill all of the following 1. have a valid visa already 2. have a special reentry permit and 3. left the country before travel restric...

It depends on if you go to a public school (including national) or a private school. And there's a 250000-300000 enrollment fee your first year as well. Depending on your private school, you could...

Yes. I got my student one refunded But you absolutely cannot use it during that period you're getting refunded for. If you do, I heard it cancels the refund. So it's safer just to buy individu...

The official website it's closed until the end of May and undecided from June 1. We don't even know if schools and other places will be open as planned in June so it's a wait and see situa...

There's a lot like MEXT, everything through JASSO. Check out JASSO to check.They should have a pdf with all the lists of scholarships. https://www.jasso.go.jp/en/study_j/scholarships/index.html

I think it depends on the family. My host family ate rice and miso soup every morning, but my friend's family doesn't.

I heard certain karaoke places don't mind if you practice instruments. i'd look into that.